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Date:
ca. 1863
Object Number:
PR.055.3.105
Medium:
Paper
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Powder Horn: The Oswego, Dr. T.S. Hitchcock, Owner (1812-4), Two Sides Depicted, with a Vignette View of Lake Ontario at Oswego, New York
Object Number:
1907.36.340
Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, and graphite, with selective glazing on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 5/8 in. ( 34.6 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed center left: Rufus A. Grider Ap.21st, 1890 Lower right: Rufus A. Grider 1890.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at middle left below horn in brown ink: "Rufus A Grider Ap. 21st 1890."; also signed at upper and lower right; inscribed at lower right: "The OSWEGO. / owned by / Dr. T.S. HITCHCOCK.", followed by a brief history of the horn; at upper right beside vignette vertically: "LAKE / ONTARIO at OSWEGO..."; annotations in graphite
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
